Enclosure 3A - Project Summary Form
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE PROJECTS
Application for Wildland Urban Interface Fuels / Education and
Prevention / Community Planning for Fire Protection Projects
Applicant
Applicant/Organization:
Central Oregon Partnership - Prineville Community Action Team (CAT)
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
541-416-9288
541-416-9294
pcccat@crestviewcable.com
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
682 NW 3rd, Prineville, OR, 97754
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Mike Templeton, Community Advocate
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Prineville Community Action Team
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
541-416-9288
541-416-9294
pcccat@crestviewcable.com
Project Information
Project Title:
Dry Stewardship Area Collaboration
Proposed Project Start Date:
Proposed Project End Date:
December, 2002
February, 2004
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$62,400
$84,300
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
This is the only project being submitted by the Central Oregon Partnership - Prineville CAT
Brief Project Description:
The DSA Collaborative is complementary to a fuel treatment project planned for the Dry Creek Timber Sale,
Ochoco National Forest. The purpose is to use a collaborative process to select and monitor implementation
methods for fuel treatments within a wildland-urban interface (WUI) area. Precise locations have yet to be
determined, but the estimate is for approximately 100 acres of fuel treatments using a variety of techniques.
The goals are to: 1) develop a collaborative approach to forest restoration efforts in the Ochoco National
Forest; 2) demonstrate and collect data on varying techniques to implement fuel treatments; 3) reduce
hazardous fuels and produce materials which may be utilized in the local economy; 4) promote mutual
learning about stakeholder interests and concerns; 5) weed out incorrect assumptions and elevate good
science; and 6) promote the benefits of cooperative versus confrontational approaches to forest management.
Long-term goals are to increase forest health, support sustainable utilization of natural resources, and develop
a system of involving stakeholders and partners at the planning stage. This project is loosely based upon the
Heritage Demonstration project in the Metolius Basin and will benefit from input by Heritage Demo partners.
Project Location (latitude/longitude if applicable):
County:
Congressional District:
Dry Creek Watershed, Ochoco NF
Crook
2nd
Project Type: Check appropriate project type. More than one type may be checked. If only Box (4) is checked, use Enclosure 4.
(1)
(2)
Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Project
Wildland Urban Interface Education and Prevention Project
(3)
(4)
Community Planning for Fire Protection Project
Fuels Utilization and Marketing Project
If the applicant is an unincorporated area, define the geographic area being represented:
N/A
Enclosure 3B (Page 1 of 3) - Project Narrative Description
Applications for funding must include a narrative response that describes the proposal. Please do not submit responses longer than one page,
single space, 12-pitch font.
Describe project including, but not limited to:
 project location
Address these
 project implementation
items as
 anticipated outcomes
applicable:
 measures and reporting
 interagency partners
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project relationship to community or natural landscape fire plans
project time frames and income
specify types of activities and equipment used
amount or extent of actions (acres, number of homes, etc)
environmental, cultural and historical resource requirements
In a recent Senate Committee Hearing held in Redmond, Senator Ron Wyden and many of the
assembled submittants expressed frustration at Timber Sales that have already had NEPA review, but which
are still "stuck." The Dry Creek Timber Sale is considered to be somewhat "controversial," and has been
unsuccessfully appealed in recent years. Project partners believe that this project would provide an excellent
venue for partnership building and collaboration
Response:
Project Location: The project is located within the 595 acres of WUI in the Dry Creek Timber Sale, Ochoco
National Forest. Exact units will be identified by the Timber Sale officer in cooperation with the Project
Planning (stakeholder) Team.
Project Implementation and Outcomes: The DSA Collaborative will involve 9 steps: 1) Develop the Project
Planning Team including representatives of local community organizations, environmental organizations,
forest landowner representatives, forest industry representatives, and Forest Service personnel; 2) Coordinate
and facilitate project planning team meetings; 3) Develop standards and "ground rules" for project
implementation and analysis; 4) Identify treatment methods and contracting mechanisms to be
tested/demonstrated; 5) Implement treatments (administered and coordinated by the Forest Service); 6)
Monitor economic, ecological, and fuel reduction impacts utilizing student labor and partner assistance; 7)
Analyze and report the findings, including extrapolations to the wider landscape; 8) Outreach of project
results to local citizens and through Forest Service, COP, COPWRR, and community organization channels;
9) Work to ensure follow-up of the project by initiating similar projects within the Ochoco National Forest.
The expected outcomes include treating hazardous fuels in the WUI, developing a partnership approach to
forest restoration in the Ochocos, and provision of material for utilization in the local economy.
Measures and Reporting: This project will test, monitor, and report upon different treatment methods.
Economic, ecological, and fuel reduction impacts will be collected, analyzed, and presented in a final report.
Interagency Partners: Current partners include the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests, Central Oregon
Partnership/Prineville Community Action Team, Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council, the Fire
Learning Network, Central Oregon Partnerships for Wildfire Risk Reduction (COPWRR - which is composed
of 31 local partners involved with local forest restoration and utilization issues), OSU Forestry, Sustainable
Northwest, the Ecosystem Workforce Program of U. of Oregon, and the Watershed Research and Training
Center of Hayfork, CA. The first step of the project is to bring further local partners to the project planning
team (several of which have been contacted and expressed interest).
Relationship to Community or Natural Landscape Plans: The DSA Collaborative will conform to the NEPA
requirements for the Dry Creek Timber Sale, and will also benefit from the analysis being conducted for the
Central Oregon Fire Learning Network, the COPWRR Strategy, and the Central Oregon Fire Management
Plan. The Crook County Fire Department and ODF will be consulted regarding conformance with
community fire planning efforts currently under way.
Project Timeframes and Income: Steps 1-4 will be conducted in Fall and Winter, 2002/2003; Steps 5-6 will
be conducted in Spring and Summer, 2003, and Steps 7-9 will be conducted in Fall and Winter 2003/2004.
No project income is anticipated.
Activities and Equipment: Activities will include outreach, meeting coordination and facilitation, designing
treatments, monitoring impacts, and reporting. Fuel treatments themselves will be funded by the internal
budgetary process of the Forest Service. Standard office equipment will be used.
Amount of actions: Approximately 100 acres of fuel treatments will be designed and monitored.
Environmental, cultural, and historical resource requirements: none anticipated.
Enclosure 3B (Page 2 of 3) - Project Evaluation Criteria
Applications for funding must include narrative responses that address the following four criteria. Within each criterion, subcriteria are listed in descending order of importance. Limit your responses to the areas provided.
1. Reducing Fire Risk. (40 points))
A. Describe how the proposal promotes reduction of risk in high hazard areas or communities, or natural landscapes.
B. Describe how the proposed project benefits resources on federal land or adjacent non-federal land, or how it protects the safety
of communities.
C. To what extent does the project implement or create a cooperative (1) fuels treatment plan or (2) community fire strategy
(include evidence of the plan if it already exists)?
D. Explain to what extent the affected community or proponent has been involved or plans to involve the affected community in a
qualified fuels education program (e.g., FIREWISE).
E. Explain how the proposal (1) leads to, enhances or restores a local fire-adapted ecosystem, and/or (2) mitigates or leads to the
mitigation of hazardous fuel conditions.
F. How will the proposed treatments or programs be maintained in future years?
Response: Reduction
of Risk in High Hazards Areas and Benefits to Federal Lands: The fuel treatment project
will be implemented within a wildland-urban interface area mapped by the COPWRR project and which
appears on the Central Oregon Fire Management Plan. One of the outcomes of this project is the
development of local stakeholder trust and engagement in further forest restoration and fuel treatment
projects, which will reduce blockages and allow expanded fuel treatment activities in the Ochoco National
Forest. Furthermore, monitoring and analysis results will be made available to further federal land projects.
Cooperative Fuels Treatment Plan: The intention of this project is to assist in the development of local
stakeholder-driven fuel treatment and forest restoration efforts in the Ochoco National Forest.
Fuels Education Program: Firewise and Fire Free programs have been delivered by ODF and Crook County
Fire Department personnel within the region. The Ochoco NF is also active in fuels education through their
annual outreach to the school district, through booths set up at the fairs and rodeos and at special events.
Mitigates Hazardous Fuel Conditions and Restores a Fire-Adapted Ecosystem: Curently the ecosystem is
dominated by mixed conifers, but the desire is to move it back to historic conditions with large, thick barked
ponderosa pine dominating the overstory with pine and some white and Doug-fir in the understory.
Maintenance of Treatments in Future Years: The Forest Service will continue with fuels treatments and
thinnings, in an effort to move the system back to conditions where fire can be reintroduced. The
collaborative group that helps to develop this work will meet in future years with the intention of developing
better and more consistent treatment programs.
2. Increasing local capacity. (30 points)
A. How would the proposal improve or lead to the improvement of the local economy in terms of jobs and sustainable economic
activity? How many jobs are expected to be created or retained and for how long (please distinguish between essentially yearround and seasonal jobs)? How will this proposal link to toher projects (or proposed projects) to create year-round jobs?
B. To what extent will this project be offered to serve as a model for other communities or natural landscapes?
C. Will biomass or forest fuels be utilized; if so, in what manner and how much?
Response: Jobs
and Sustainable Economic Activity: The DSA Collaborative will directly provide
approximately 5-7 seasonal positions and attendant training for local Crook County High School students
engaged in monitoring activities. It will also provide training in monitoring and analysis for qualified COCC
and/or OSU students, under the supervision of a technical team composed of Forest Service and OSU
personnel. Indirect economic outcomes will also result from the project, in that the development of a
partnership approach to forest restoration in the Ochocos should increase opportunities to implement fuel
treatments (and employ forest workers) without slow-downs. This project addresses the biomass supply side
of the related COPWRR project, which is focused upon developing increased utilization opportunities in
Central Oregon.
Model for Other Communities: The Heritage Demonstration Project served as a model for the DSA
Collaborative, and the latter in turn will be promoted as a model for forest management cooperation within
the Ochocos, and other regions. Project findings will be distributed through Central Oregon Partnership,
COPWRR, and other partner channels.
Biomass Utilization: Treatments will be designed so as to promote optimal utilization of biomass, where
possible. This could include sawlogs, compost, firewood, and post and poles operations.
Enclosure 3B (Page 3 of 3) - Project Evaluation Criteria
3. Increasing interagency and intergovernmental coordination. (15 Points)
A. Describe how this project implements a local intergovernmental strategy or plan, or creates such a plan. Describe the plan if it
already exists.
B. Explain the level of cooperation, coordination or strategic planning through a “Local Coordination Group” for wildland fire
activities, or among federal, state, tribal, local government and community organizations. List the cooperators (a detailed list
of cooperators will be required for projects that are funded).
Response: Local
Intergovernmental Strategy or Plan: The DSA Collaborative flows directly from the
participatory efforts being conducted at a regional level by the Central Oregon Partnership (COP) as well as
by the COPWRR project. The Collaborative directly addresses the poverty concerns of the COP by aiming at
increasing sustainable utilization of forest resources in Crook County. The Collaborative also directly
addresses the partnership approach to developing biomass supply promoted by the COPWRR project.
Furthermore, the Collaborative will benefit from the ecological models for fuel treatments being developed
by partners with the Fire Learning Network.
Cooperation, Coordination, and the "Local Coordination Group": The DSA Collaborative has been embraced
by a wide variety of local and regional partners, including: Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests, Central
Oregon Partnership/Prineville Community Action Team, Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council, the Fire
Learning Network, Central Oregon Partnerships for Wildfire Risk Reduction (COPWRR), OSU Forestry,
Sustainable Northwest, the Ecosystem Workforce Program of the University of Oregon, and the Watershed
Research and Training Center of Hayfork, CA. The first step of the project is to bring further local partners
onto the Project Planning Team (several of which have been contacted and expressed interest). At this time, a
Local Coordinating Group is being developed by local Forest Service personnel.
4. Expanding Community Participation. (15 Points)
A. To what extent have interested individuals, groups, and communities been provided an opportunity to become informed and
involved in this proposal?
B. Describe the extent of local support or opposition for the project, including any cost-sharing arrangements.
C. What are the environmental, social and educational benefits or concerns of the project?
Response: Involvement
in This Proposal: The DSA Collaborative has been designed by a wide variety of local
and regional partners, including: Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests, Central Oregon
Partnership/Prineville Community Action Team, Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council, Fire Learning
Network, Central Oregon Partnerships for Wildfire Risk Reduction (COPWRR), OSU Forestry, Sustainable
Northwest, the Ecosystem Workforce Program of the University of Oregon, and the Watershed Research and
Training Center of Hayfork, CA. The whole intention of the project is to develop local partnerships for forest
restoration.
Local Support or Opposition: The Prineville Community Action Team is the applicant for this project, and
represents a wide variety of local citizens and community leaders. No opposition has been expressed to date.
Environmental, Social, and Educational Benefits: Environmental benefits include hazardous fuel reduction,
restoration of a resilient and sustainable forest, improved wildlife relations and visual character, and progress
towards improving riparian areas. Social benefits include developing a local model for meaningful
participation in forest restoration efforts in the Ochoco National Forest. Education benefits include training
students in ecological and economic monitoring and analysis. In addition, the development and
dissemination of the Project Monitoring Report will add to local, regional, and national understandings of the
ecological impacts and costs of varying fuel treatment techniques.
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
August-October, 2002*
*Prior to receiving NFP funding
Prineville CAT
US Forest Service partners
COPWRR
Convene project planning team/hold
meetings
November, 2002 - March, 2003
Prineville CAT
Develop standards/monitoring
guidelines
November - December, 2002
Select methods to implement/monitor
December, 2002 - March, 2003
Project Planning Team
Implement Treatments*
Spring-Summer, 2003
US Forest Service partners
Develop Project Planning
Team/stakeholder group
Project Planning Team
Prineville CAT
Watershed Res. & Training Ctr.
Ecosystem Workforce Program
OSU Forestry
*Not funded by this grant proposal
Prineville CAT
Watershed Res. & Training Ctr.
Ecosystem Workforce Program
OSU Forestry
Project Planning Team
paid student helpers/trainees
Monitor ecological, economic, fuel
reduction impacts
Spring-Summer, 2003
Develop report, including analysis of
impacts and extrapolation of costs
across the Ochoco National Forest
September, 2003 - January, 2004
Prineville CAT
OSU Forestry
Project Planning Team
Outreach Activities -- public
presentations/signage/web site
December, 2002 - February,
2004
Prineville CAT
COPWRR
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Enclosure 4D - Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Personnel
Project Coordinator/Support
Student Monitors
Subtotal
$23,000.00
$16,000.00
$39,000.00
$5,000.00
$8,000.00
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
$8,000.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$41,000.00
$16,000.00
$57,000.00
Fringe Benefits
Project Coordinator/Support
$7,000.00
$2,000.00
Subtotal
$7,000.00
$2,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$9,000.00
$0.00
$9,000.00
Travel
Project Coordinator
Student Monitors/Partners
Subtotal
$800.00
$600.00
$1,400.00
$300.00
$300.00
$0.00
$800.00
$1,500.00
$2,300.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$7,000.00
$4,000.00
$11,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
$300.00
$300.00
$0.00
$300.00
$300.00
Equipment
Subtotal
$0.00
Supplies
Project Coordinator
Signage/Outreach
Subtotal
$7,000.00
$3,000.00
$10,000.00
Contractual
Train student monitors
$5,000.00
Subtotal
$5,000.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Other
Subtotal
Total Costs
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$62,400.00
$8,300.00
$8,300.00
$5,300.00
$84,300.00
Project (Program) Income1
1
Total
Program income is the gross revenue generated by a grant or cooperative agreement supported activity during the life of the
grant. Program income can be made by recipients from fees charged for conference or workshop attendance, from rental fees
earned from renting out real property or equipment acquired with grant or cooperative agreement funds, or from the sale of
commodities or items developed under the grant or cooperative agreement. The use of Program Income during the project
period may require prior approval by the granting agency.
$0.00